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CAR
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It probably does not occur to the media (or it does but they just don't want to talk about it), that the foods listed have the ability to be stored for long periods of time and be prepared and eten under conditions of emergency.

I like the occasional SPAM, but I can't have it due to the astronomical amount of sodium in it (High BP). I was just in the grocery two days ago looking at the varieties of SPAM, hoping they have a low sodium version. They don't, but I did find a Bacon SPAM, yum (I guess anyways as I didn't buy it).

With the price of Spam® about $2.50 for a 12 ounce can ($3.75/lb.) People simply aren't buying it for its low price and its salty greasy goodness. You can buy generic whole roaster chickens for less than $.79/lb. The price of Spam® is pretty close to some decent mid-range cuts of meat.

In Hawaii, where Spam has been popular for years since it's so easy to ship there, a variety of interesting cross-cultural spam recipes have sprung up, including Spam MusubiWord verification: "hoplogit"

My Grandson, for his 9th Birthday, asked for Spam and 'Mac for his birthday dinner. His Grandmothers and I were appalled but we shoveled it down with a smile. His other Grandfather pleaded high blood pressure and weasled a hamburger.

Prior to that day a few months ago, the last time I'd eaten spam was in 1971 outa a C-Rat can.

I love SPAM and am sorry to have high BP (from the SPAM?) and so limit my intake. I quit smoking and drinking for this? Such is my love of this canned porcine delicacy that my wife and I have been to the SPAM Museum in Minnesota and my truck bears an "I [HEART] SPAM!" bumper sticker......now a Haiku from a favorite book, SPAM-Ku....